Aron Michael Ekberg (born 30 March 1991), better known by his stage name AronChupa, is a Swedish music producer and DJ. His 2014 song "I'm an Albatraoz" reached number 1 on the Swedish Singles Chart and in Denmark, and top 10 in many charts across Europe. It also reached number 25 in the UK and number 10 in the US dance charts. His younger sister, Nora Ekberg, better known professionally as Little Sis Nora, provided the vocals for the track and starred in the music video, but never appeared as featured artist on the track. The music video has surpassed 1.35 billion views on YouTube.
AronChupa | |
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 AronChupa in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aron Michael Ekberg |
| Born | 30 March 1991 Borås, Sweden |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website | houseofalbatraoz |
Career
editEkberg was born in Borås on 30 March 1991.[1] He attended San Francisco's Academy of Art University around 2011–2013 and played on the school's soccer team[1] before moving back to Sweden.
Aron started his professional music career in the electro house-hip hop band Albatraoz, founded in 2012 by himself along with four of his best friends whom he had met while growing up. In August 2013, their debut single was released, the self-titled song "Albatraoz",[2] and shortly after they signed with Sony Music.[3] The song reached 36 on the Swedish Singles Chart and remained on the chart for 18 weeks.[4] "Albatraoz" was certified double platinum in Sweden.[5] In January 2014, the song had reached 8.5 million plays on Spotify and the group toured to promote the song.[6] The band followed up with a few singles, including "Arriba" and "Wunderbar", while touring Scandinavia from 2013 to 2017 before dissolving in 2017.
In March 2014, Ekberg released his debut solo single, "I'm an Albatraoz", with his younger sister, Nora Ekberg, better known as Little Sis Nora, on vocals. After some success independently, Ekberg also signed his solo project to Sony Music. The song reached number 1 in Sweden and Denmark and top 10 in Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland, Australia and the Netherlands. It was certified double platinum in Sweden and Australia and platinum in New Zealand, Italy and Denmark.[7][8] The music video also has over 1.3 billion views on YouTube.
His second single dropped in November 2015, titled "Fired Cuz I Was Late", and peaked at number 100 in Sweden.[9]
In February 2016, Ekberg released his third solo single, "Little Swing", which features Little Sis Nora.[10] The song gained slight recognition in the UK when Vodafone UK started using it in their roaming advert campaign. In July 2020, he released the song "The Woodchuck Song". It peaked at number 12 on Spotify's "Sweden Viral 50".
Discography
editSingles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [9] |
AUS [11] |
AUT [12] |
DEN [13] |
GER [14] |
ITA [15] |
NLD [16] |
NOR [17] |
NZ [18] |
POL [19] | ||||||
| "I'm an Albatraoz"[A] | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | Non-album singles | |||
| "Fired Cuz I Was Late"[27] | 2015 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Little Swing"[28] (featuring Little Sis Nora) |
2016 | —[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "She Wants Me Dead" (with Cazzette featuring The High) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Bad Water" (featuring J & The People) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Llama in My Living Room" (featuring Little Sis Nora) |
2017 | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | ||||
| "Rave in the Grave" (with Little Sis Nora) |
2018 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | ||||
| "Hole in the Roof" (with Little Sis Nora) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | ||||
| "Thai Massage" (with Little Sis Nora) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "First Class Jazz" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "The Woodchuck Song" (with Little Sis Nora) |
83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "What Was in That Glass" (with Little Sis Nora) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Trombone" (with Little Sis Nora) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lai Lai (Radio Edit)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Booty Call" (with Little Sis Nora) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Coco Song" (with Flamingoz) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Tequila" (with Flamingoz) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Dance 'Til We Die (Emma’s Song)" (with Little Sis Nora) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "California Sun" (with Little Sis Nora and Jungle Jonsson) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
- Notes
- ^ "Little Swing" did not enter the Sverigetopplistan chart, but peaked at number one on the Heatseeker chart.[29]
- ^ "Llama in My Living Room" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[32]
Remixes
edit2016
edit- Little Richard – "Tutti Frutti" (AronChupa Remix)
2017
edit- Dirtywknd – "Dirty Weekend" (AronChupa Remix)
- Marcus & Martinus – "Make You Believe in Love" (AronChupa Remix)
- This Diamond Life feat. Karen Harding – "The Weekend"
- The Collapsable Hearts Club feat. Jim Bianco & Petra Haden – "Easy Street" (AronChupa Remix) / Featured in "The Cell", an episode of The Walking Dead aired on 6 November 2016.
Notes
edit- A^ : Swedish singer and AronChupa's younger sister Nora Ekberg provides the vocals for the tracks.
References
edit- ^ a b "The Official Athletics Website of The Academy of Art University - Aron Ekberg - 2013 Men's Soccer". 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Albatraoz – Single by Albatraoz". iTunes. 19 April 2011.
- ^ "Boråsbandet "Albatraoz" skapade viral succé som ledde till samarbete med Sony Music". My News Desk. 19 April 2011.
- ^ "ALBATRAOZ – ALBATRAOZ (SONG)". Swedish Charts. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar - Vecka 47, 20 november 2014". Hitlistan. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
- ^ ""Albatraoz" gjorde hitlåt på bakfyllan". Afton Bladet. 19 April 2011.
- ^ "AronChupa – I'm An Albatraoz – Gold certification". Amprofon. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "AronChupa – I'm an Albatraoz" (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Discography AronChupa". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Smith, Garrett (3 March 2016). "AronChupa – Little Swing ft. Little Sis Nora". youredm. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "AronChupa Discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Ö3 Austria Top 40 – AronChupa". Ö3 Austria Top 40. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Danish charts". Tracklisten. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "charts.de: AronChupa". charts.de (in German). Media Control GfK International. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana". FIMI. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ "Norway Chart History". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ "AronChupa – I'm an Albatraoz". Charts.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
- "I'm an Albatraoz": "AirPlay Top: 28.02. – 06.03.2015" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- "Llama In My Living Room": "AirPlay Top: 12.08. – 18.08.2017" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- "Rave in the Grave": "AirPlay Top: 14.07. – 20.07.2018" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- "Hole in the Roof": "AirPlay Top: 04.01. – 10.01.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Sverigetopplistan – AronChupa" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (AronChupa)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Italian certifications – AronChupa" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 1 April 2024. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "AronChupa" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Tutte le sezioni" under "Sezione".
- ^ "Austrian certifications – Aron Chupa" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Danish single certifications – AronChupa – I'm an Albatraoz". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand single certifications – AronChupa – I'm an Albatraoz". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Fired Cuz I Was Late". iTunes. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ "Little Swing". iTunes. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 12, 24 mars 2016" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "AronChupa – Little Swing" (in Swedish). Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 October 2024. Click "WYKONAWCA" and enter AronChupa in the search box.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 23, 2017" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "AronChupa & Little Sis Nora – Llama in My Living Room" (in Swedish). Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
